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This session will teach you how to successfully plan, implement and manage SQL Server consolidation and virtualization within your organization. We will first provide an overview of the different consolidation and virtualization strategies commonly used such as host consolidation, instance consolidation, Live Migration and SQL Azure. Next we will share strategies from customer designs and deployments at the Microsoft Technology Centers (MTCs) on how to; identify consolidation candidates, provision SQL Server virtually machines and proactively manage a consolidated SQL Server infrastructure.

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SQL Bits was started by a group of individuals that are passionate about the SQL Server product suite.
There is a breadth of knowledge in the SQL Community that will benefit everyone in the community.
We want to spread that knowledge.

We all work with the SQL community, some of us for many years. We have a range of skills and experiences from being given the MVP award by Microsoft, organising user groups and speaking at events around the world.